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[inaudible conversations] >> return of the subcommittee on the civil rights and human rights will come to order. today's hearing is entitled drone wars, the counterterrorism institutions of killing. senator cruises on its way from another hearing. there are conflicting schedules we face here. this is the first-ever public hearing in the senate to address the use of drones and targeted killing. we are pleased to have such a large audience for today's hearing that demonstrates the importance and timeliness of this issue. thank you to those hearing person, those watching live on c-span and is following a hearing on twitter and facebook you stand the hash type drone wars. the rules of the semiprivate outbursts, popular demonstrations of any kind. please be mindful of the service as we conduct this hearing. there's so much interest in today's hearing. we have another larger room to accommodate overflow cloud. baking soda to 26 and dirksen. at the out back on what you senators leahy and grassley. chairman and ranking member for pressing the justice department to provide the committee with th
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the supreme court has spoken to this after the civil war and when the courts habeas n the right of corpus couldn't be suspended. 'm a soldier and when you misuse the laws of war you endanger people like me on the battlefield. there are instances when combatants.re enemy this is not one of them. about no one is talking depriving anybody of constitutional rights. the miranda warning says you amendment right. if the information you provide, information this may save lives prevent terrorist acts in the future, can't be used not in you, you are danger of self-incrimination. used it would is still be habeas corpus right. so what we are saying and what he is saying and i think it is rong there is no such thing as global jihadist movement. i think the evidence of that is we will treat d somebody who commits an act of brutal terrorism as a criminal them to lawyer up and say don't say a word, information,hem any we will deal later and i think i think this is illful blindness and reckless in regard to the people who may foruture.ctims in the guest: responding to the caller, i think what you are sayi
the supreme court has spoken to this after the civil war and when the courts habeas n the right of corpus couldn't be suspended. 'm a soldier and when you misuse the laws of war you endanger people like me on the battlefield. there are instances when combatants.re enemy this is not one of them. about no one is talking depriving anybody of constitutional rights. the miranda warning says you amendment right. if the information you provide, information this may save lives prevent terrorist acts in...
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>> thank you. -- ndicated youth commission on civil rights was established pursuant to 1937 civil rights act. examanners related to melete production and racial discrimination. because of racial discrimination often implicate matters pertaining to national origin the commission over the years has recently conducted hearings on aspects of immigration including illegal immigration. the most recent such hearing occurred dealing with the specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration on the weage and employment levels of specific americans. illegal immigration has a negative effect on wage levels of specifically black americans. >> i am having a hard time hearing. if you could be a little closer. >> it is important to keep in mind that the witnesses at the hearing were experts on immigration that spanned theological spectrum. policy,differences in everyone would agree that illegal immigration has a monster to a negative effect on employment opportunities and wage levels. thisvidence as to why affects black americans it's basic. the artist proportionately more likely to have only a white
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rights. >> know if you go up to 1964 new look at it for example there were two civil rights bills in the 50s that didn't pass and kennedy voted against both of them and the majority of republican senators voted for it and the same thing happened in 64. the vast majority of republicans voted for the civil rights act of 64. the southern strategy i didn't mention and i didn't go there to mention that things that don't make us look so good in the republican party. that was one reason for not bringing up the southern judge in the comments by kevin phillips were unsavory and not something that would help us and probably did hurt us in solidifying the african-american vote frankly. my point is they didn't cause that and was or something else you are asking? >> people have told me they think the willie brown ad was racist and people talking about -- reagan talking about welfare queens was racist. what did i say? i do make mistakes. anyway that's what i meant but i think yeah i think there is some basis in argument of some of the tax takes through the years and so i think the other thing is w
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the commission on civil rights was established pursuant to the 1957 civil rights act to examine matters related to protection and race discrimination. because immigration often implicates matters pertaining to national origin and discrimination, the commission over the years has regularly conducted hearings on aspects of immigration, including illegal immigration. the most recent such hearing occurred dealing with a specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration, the wage and employment levels of workers. the evidence introduced show that illegal immigration has a disproportionately negative effect on the employment and wage levels of low skilled americans, specifically black americans. >> we are still having a little bit of a hard time hearing. can you get that closer? >> the witnesses at the hearing were experts in immigration who spanned the ideological spectrum. every single witness agreed that illegal immigration had a demonstrably negative effect on employment opportunities and wage levels of low skilled americans, specifically black americans. thisvidence as to why impacts b
the commission on civil rights was established pursuant to the 1957 civil rights act to examine matters related to protection and race discrimination. because immigration often implicates matters pertaining to national origin and discrimination, the commission over the years has regularly conducted hearings on aspects of immigration, including illegal immigration. the most recent such hearing occurred dealing with a specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration, the wage and employment...
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the time is right for a new civil rights movement. we believe that the nation of immigrants rejects its history, its heritage, when millions of citizens are confined to arc second class system and all americans are debased by such a two tier system. item has come for comprehensive immigration reform. my dear friend senator kennedy was right. i wish the house had joined our quest in 2006 and we completed the reforms back then. i am glad, however, that senator mccain has once again joined this effort. it's long past time to get this done. we need an immigration system that lives up to american values, helps write the next chapter in american history by reinvigorating our economy and enriching our communities, the kind of country that attracted my maternal grandparents here, or my wife's parents, when they came here and became citizens and productive citizens. and in vermont, immigration has proposed cultural richness, and refugees, economic development, the regional center program, and tourism and trade with our friends in canada. for a
the time is right for a new civil rights movement. we believe that the nation of immigrants rejects its history, its heritage, when millions of citizens are confined to arc second class system and all americans are debased by such a two tier system. item has come for comprehensive immigration reform. my dear friend senator kennedy was right. i wish the house had joined our quest in 2006 and we completed the reforms back then. i am glad, however, that senator mccain has once again joined this...
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that is why we were successful during the civil rights movement. we were church connected, search supported and church led. we need to go back to those days and pull ourselves forward areas all of these clergy i am the only- one who is not area. [laughter] is pastors and ministers who are here have laid their lives on the line. they will continue to do it, because others will see the influence that they give. and that they have on the rest of us. and decide that i want to be like them. we are not where we need to be. we are still in the process. we are evolving. we are not going to get where we need to be until we decide that we are not where we need to be. we have opened a lot of doors and we think that we have arrived, but we are not there. the discrimination all over corporate america, there is still discrimination in our schools. as quietly as it is kept. you still go to school in your and yourood, neighborhood is always on the other side of the railroad track in every community in this country. blacks on one side of the railroad track, white o
that is why we were successful during the civil rights movement. we were church connected, search supported and church led. we need to go back to those days and pull ourselves forward areas all of these clergy i am the only- one who is not area. [laughter] is pastors and ministers who are here have laid their lives on the line. they will continue to do it, because others will see the influence that they give. and that they have on the rest of us. and decide that i want to be like them. we are...
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sustainable growth. -- to seek civil rights. -- sustainable growth. that the say only a few words about what kind of country japan ought to be. japan must be a placeherereward. japan must be a place where we are -- where risk takers can be given opportunities, not just once but many times. ministerse ex-prime represent the chance for a second coming in japan. -- n must be a place where [indiscernible] put in place full animation. japan is on the cutting edge of new medical technogy. cite what a nobel prize winner said, japan is a country that is the closest to bringing the stem cell technology to the bedside. that is about it. ladies and gentlemen, once again, we are doing all that, not only for the sake of the ournese, but also to make alliance stronger. at the end of the day, the u.s. is the biggest democratic theomy, and japan is still second. together we can do a lot, for the sky is the limit. a key very much for your ti thanyo [applause] thank you. we will now take some questions. 25 years ago, about this month i went to work in the japanese diet
sustainable growth. -- to seek civil rights. -- sustainable growth. that the say only a few words about what kind of country japan ought to be. japan must be a placeherereward. japan must be a place where we are -- where risk takers can be given opportunities, not just once but many times. ministerse ex-prime represent the chance for a second coming in japan. -- n must be a place where [indiscernible] put in place full animation. japan is on the cutting edge of new medical technogy. cite what a...
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made me think of these civil rights marches of the '50s and '60s and i'm old enough to remember them. they were brought to the united states through no fault of their own and toldme o of the shadows. you do this even though you risk being taken out of the only country you have ever known what inspires you to step forward that way? >> thank you. the love that i have for this country, the love i have for my family, community, and the love i have for myself because i have a dream. i have three degrees, a bachelor's in special education, and i want to open a music therapy center to work with people with mental disabilities. that is what drives me, and what draw on it -- it dries a lot undocumented people who are seeking an of opportunity for their family, and that 1500-mile walk, all we did was talk to people every day, everyday people, and after two seconds of telling our story and share with them, what is really happening within our system, we were able to change a lot of hearts and minds. >> thank you. i am so used to calling you by your first name. you are the president of the largest
made me think of these civil rights marches of the '50s and '60s and i'm old enough to remember them. they were brought to the united states through no fault of their own and toldme o of the shadows. you do this even though you risk being taken out of the only country you have ever known what inspires you to step forward that way? >> thank you. the love that i have for this country, the love i have for my family, community, and the love i have for myself because i have a dream. i have...
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the time is right for a new civil rights movement. we believe that a nation of immigrants rejects its history and heritage when millions of immigrants are confined to a second-class system and all americans are debased by such a system. the time has come for comprehensive immigration reform. my dear friend, senator kennedy, was right. inish the house had joined 2006 to complete what we started back then, but i am glad that senator mccain has once again joined. it is long past time to get this done. we need an immigration system that lives up to american values, helps to write the next chapter in american history by reinvigorating our economy and enriching ournity. the kind of country that attracted my maternal grandparents here. or my wife's parents, when they came here and became citizens, productive citizens. in vermont immigration has promoted cultural riches, settlements, exchange, economic development, center programs, and tourism and trade with our friends in canada. agricultural workers support our farmers and growers and many
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rights organization in the united, i think that carries a lot of weight in america. as you know, i've supported immigration reform for years and years even though it's not -- [inaudible] it's a major moral issue for this country. i worry about a proposal that contains false promises. apt straightforward and chiefble. is the legalization proposal in this bill drafted by the eight senators you consider straightforward and achievable? >> i do believe that there was a good faith effort to modernization our legalization program. i think that's an really important step. when we failed to do in 1986, it was a bill to acknowledge, it was to on the one hand we didn't create the flexibility to look how we might be able to make adjustments in to -- term of our economy and the need of our country and the work force. the program seems to build it in. we want to make sure it's something that can be done. on the one hand, ting reduces the backlog for many who have been waiting for a long time for family visas and for us, i think that's an important step. on the other hand, we have
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these commission on civil rights was established since the 19 37 civil rights act to examine matters related to protection and race discrimination. because immigration often implicates matters pertaining to national origin and discrimination, the commission over the years has conducted hearings on aspects of immigration including illegal immigration. the most recent hearing occurred dealing with the specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration on the wage and employment level of skill americans, specifically black americans. illegal immigration has a disproportionately negative effect on the employment and wage levels of specifically black americans during >> we are having a hard time hearing. but it is important to remember that the witnesses at the hearing were experts on immigration who span the ideological spectrum. illegaltness agreed to immigration has negative effect on employment opportunities and wage levels, specifically black americans. , specifically black males, are disproportionately concentrated in the low skill labor market and more likely to have only a high s
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page 19, line 1, insert in the privacy officer and the officer for civil rights and civil liberties of the department of homeland security, justice. insert security after justice. insert security after homeland in the second instruction. ms. sanchez: basically -- the chair: any objection to the modification? mr. rogers: mr. chairman, i have no objection. the chair: without objection, the amendment is modified. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. sanchez: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield one minute to my good friend, the gentleman from california, mr. mcnerney. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. mcnerney: i thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank my colleague from california, and i rise in support of ms. sanchez's amendment and in opposition of the underlying bill, h.r. 624. this legislation has positive aspects, but i'm concerned with the civil protections required in h.r. 624. ms. sanchez's amendment is a necessary step toward improving the bill, by giving oversight authority to a civilian agency. sharing information is absolutely esse
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an within a year this body had passed the 1964 civil rights act . in his eulogy for these four little girls, dr. marten luther king jr. said, quote, these children, unoffending, innocent and beautiful, were the victims of one of the most vicious, heinous crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. yet they died nobly. they are the martyred heroines of the holy crusade for freedom and human dignity. mr. speaker, i certainly cannot add to the words of this great american hero, martyred himself. i will just end by saying, mr. speaker, it is a good and right thing that this body honor these innocent children martyrs, that we never forget, that we always confront evil and although our nation was founded on noble principles, we must never cease the work of making america a more perfect union and with the passage of this bill, i think we do one small act to do that. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back his time. the gentleman from alabama reserves. the gentlelady from alabama, ms. sew
an within a year this body had passed the 1964 civil rights act . in his eulogy for these four little girls, dr. marten luther king jr. said, quote, these children, unoffending, innocent and beautiful, were the victims of one of the most vicious, heinous crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. yet they died nobly. they are the martyred heroines of the holy crusade for freedom and human dignity. mr. speaker, i certainly cannot add to the words of this great american hero, martyred himself. i...
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priests and pastors marched for civil rights. others preached for civil rights. but if the gay rights agenda is imposed we could have priests and pastors preaching not acceptance but principled rejection. he's talking about civil disobedience if we have gay rights. now we had civil dis disobedience to get rights. he said something akin to this could be in the cards in the home mow sexual rights movement is victorious. a public rejection of the new laws by millions and refusal by millions to respect or obey them. they're talking about the rule of law and you better fall the law. all of a sudden when the law is not on their identify, oh, i don't want to follow it any more. >> it's a gross misrepresentation of civil rights and of how people feel and in the religious movement over the past 10, 20 years. it's a time machine. is this 1983? we're not having the same conversation. here is my challenge to you. >> cenk: oh, okay gun. >> there are people whose names you don't mention on this show like she who shall not be named. i by pat buchanan should be on that list. i d
priests and pastors marched for civil rights. others preached for civil rights. but if the gay rights agenda is imposed we could have priests and pastors preaching not acceptance but principled rejection. he's talking about civil disobedience if we have gay rights. now we had civil dis disobedience to get rights. he said something akin to this could be in the cards in the home mow sexual rights movement is victorious. a public rejection of the new laws by millions and refusal by millions to...
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civil rights commission. they will testify about how illegal immigration can affect the u.s. economy. a hearing on friday. then on monday a second hearing. after that we have to see how the process unfolds. especially republicans on the judiciary committee are calling for more than the currently scheduled hearings. probably sometime in early may we will move to the markup process which is where the senators on the judiciary committee can begin offering amendments and releasing how they want to continue to shape the bill. we hope it gets passed out of committee and go to the senate floor. host: rebekah kaplan of the national journal. wilmington, north carolina, kathleen is on our democrat line. is roberta our guest aplan.rebecca caller: my biggest fear is that our country is in a state of fear. thing wehe worst could ever have as americans. we have based our country from the beginning of a great work ethic. there are so many things we could do instead of being frightened every time something happens. domestically, foreman, and immigration. we have a statue of liberty that does
civil rights commission. they will testify about how illegal immigration can affect the u.s. economy. a hearing on friday. then on monday a second hearing. after that we have to see how the process unfolds. especially republicans on the judiciary committee are calling for more than the currently scheduled hearings. probably sometime in early may we will move to the markup process which is where the senators on the judiciary committee can begin offering amendments and releasing how they want to...
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involved with the right to be seen to be credible. when there bureaus are the simplest formula for controversy burning rubber on the streets of bahrain checkers like sheep weekend on our team. but as well as set full partial election recount up to a consensual or a the election consul agree to order the presidential ballot sets while nicholas and i do a p pez to be sworn in as the new leader. and a divided a wrong but deadly pre-election violence highlife the country sectarian split and the battle to secure lucrative oil fields along that when we come back. i reckon cardiologist dr omar. he claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did doctor what he see puts to data that the number of pressed cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent case of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand
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exactly you're dealing with civil rights you're dealing with civil liberties and there's no central direction here you're dealing with diverse movements from the militia movements to remnants of the ku klux klan to extremist every in brotherhood in prisons you're dealing with former military people who are well trained and know the system so the enemy is well armed it's scattered and sometimes very well trained amy do you want to jump in there you agree with alan sorry i mean. i very much do i mean i think if you go back to the one nine hundred ninety s. and in a funny way nine eleven those attacks in september two thousand and one were an interruption and what had been a trend in the one nine hundred ninety s. we had waco ridge and ruby ridge and the waco branch davidian. then but what did happen in the two thousand is that some of the. is that feelings surrounding what had happened in two thousand and one and the rise in islamophobia and fear of foreigners. makes ten to a certain degree to the right wing. homegrown if you well. movements here in the united states and what is driving it now
exactly you're dealing with civil rights you're dealing with civil liberties and there's no central direction here you're dealing with diverse movements from the militia movements to remnants of the ku klux klan to extremist every in brotherhood in prisons you're dealing with former military people who are well trained and know the system so the enemy is well armed it's scattered and sometimes very well trained amy do you want to jump in there you agree with alan sorry i mean. i very much do i...
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he was a tireless and passionate advocate for working families and true champion for civil rights. st's a lifel heght for local d national leader on half of the american worker he showed up at every labor rally, pickett line, and civil rights event. rain, snow, heat, old age, and sickness. nothing could deter dick from fighting on he behalf of working people. he was a rousing public speaker and inspired generations of illinoisans and iowans to get involved in public service. i know my husband, jerry, and i extend our condolences to dick's family. he will truly be missed. thank you, mr. speaker and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the chair lays before the house the following personal equests. without objection, the request s granted. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2013, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. lankford, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. lankford: thank you, mr. speaker. this is a conversation about something that's very pertinent thth taxes.a obviously this is tax week, which is pu
he was a tireless and passionate advocate for working families and true champion for civil rights. st's a lifel heght for local d national leader on half of the american worker he showed up at every labor rally, pickett line, and civil rights event. rain, snow, heat, old age, and sickness. nothing could deter dick from fighting on he behalf of working people. he was a rousing public speaker and inspired generations of illinoisans and iowans to get involved in public service. i know my husband,...
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towards security towards militarization towards the abrogation of civil rights and civil liberties which i think ultimately don't defend protect and make people more secure. well these tragic events in boston have been overshadowed by another deadly calamity in iraq a little later we examine the circumstances behind widespread attacks there is one is how some u.s. state department officials are under pressure despite pledges to shut to guantanamo bay prison those stories coming up shortly. wealthy british style. sometimes by. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on r g. the music of the international airport in the very heart of moscow. he continues here on r.t.e. u.k. broadcasters never tire of boasting about that fairness which is guaranteed by regulations which demand impartiality however some influential voices believe that concept is outdated in the digital age and want the rule scrapped all he explains. the way that newspapers and news
towards security towards militarization towards the abrogation of civil rights and civil liberties which i think ultimately don't defend protect and make people more secure. well these tragic events in boston have been overshadowed by another deadly calamity in iraq a little later we examine the circumstances behind widespread attacks there is one is how some u.s. state department officials are under pressure despite pledges to shut to guantanamo bay prison those stories coming up shortly....
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there has been a severe denigration of civil rights and civil liberties and the egg ation of power by federal government authorities and by law enforcement against individuals the second thing happens is the targeting of particular communities particularly muslim and arab communities in one thousand nine hundred five after oklahoma city bombing it was arabs and muslims and iranians who were being rounded up even though it was white men who were part of a white supremacist group so we see these two dangerous trends that have happened repeatedly after terrorist attacks and so of course that's something that we're looking for right now and those measures haven't stopped terrorist attacks have they so is it really possible to protect the population from these sort of atrocities. well it's a very interesting sense of time or eleventh the united states government has sent spend hundreds of billions of dollars for a government security agencies right now i'm sure as happened after september eleventh private security companies are salivating over the new contracts that are are soon to come of
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legislation sometimes takes a long time to pass, civil rights legislation, health care reform. what remains to be seen is if there is the power and sori a commitment of people saying we are going to at somula imes ie ng done. get things passeughress host: illinois, independent line, good morning. caller: my comment about immigration and the news media is that the news media abuse everything through the political process. it is always about the eternal elections, who is ahead, who is sh t media would spendnefit. more time covering the american people. what is going on with real people in america? i recommend you get out of the beltway, get out of manhattan, and see how real americans live. the big problem in america is our trade laws, or open borders, driving down the wage levels in america. average american people are having a very difficult time making a living. the idea that you can open up immigration and let millions and millions of people into this country is asinine. corporate media like you guys will not cover that story. you are all about the liberal, let's let everybod
legislation sometimes takes a long time to pass, civil rights legislation, health care reform. what remains to be seen is if there is the power and sori a commitment of people saying we are going to at somula imes ie ng done. get things passeughress host: illinois, independent line, good morning. caller: my comment about immigration and the news media is that the news media abuse everything through the political process. it is always about the eternal elections, who is ahead, who is sh t media...
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civil rights is established since the 1957 civil rights act to examine matters related to protection and race discrimination. because immigration often implicates matters pertaining to national origin discrimination, the commission over the years has regularly conducted hearings on aspects of immigration, including illegal immigration. the most recent hearing occurred dealing with the specific issue of the effect of illegal immigration on the wage and employment doubles of unskilled americans, specifically black americans. illegal immigration has a disproportionately negative effect on the employment and wage levels of less skilled americans, this typically black americans. we are having a hard time hearing, get that a little closer area >> it is important to remember that the witnesses at the hearing were experts on immigration who spammed the ideological bactrim. despite differences to policy, every witness agreed that illegal immigration had a employmentfect on opportunities. the evidence for why this impact black americans is basic. black males are disproportionately concentrated
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liberties and protections for our civil liberties and civil rights are set up so that we can use them or may not be able to use them. >> that, of course, is always a balance. what is the time frame you are looking at now? >> 50 forensics is under way. the search for seized -- the forensics is under way. the search for cc tv is under way. it could take a long, long time, especially if someone has made it out of the country or has been very careful in how they have done this. it is very open-ended and very difficult to predict. >> and no one has claimed responsibility. i'm afraid i will have to leave it there. thank you for coming in. there will be more than 30 marathons around the world next weekend, and the events in boston have implications globally. insiston, organizers that the marathon will go ahead, but with a massive 36,000 runners and half a million spectators, as we were just hearing, they are taking every precaution. june kelly reports. >> the london marathon is always a day of blisters, sweat and humor. that looks incredibly heavy. >> as big as a bag of cement, but hey, we a
liberties and protections for our civil liberties and civil rights are set up so that we can use them or may not be able to use them. >> that, of course, is always a balance. what is the time frame you are looking at now? >> 50 forensics is under way. the search for seized -- the forensics is under way. the search for cc tv is under way. it could take a long, long time, especially if someone has made it out of the country or has been very careful in how they have done this. it is...
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the fact that their loss of life really led to the civil rights movement and the passage of the civil rights act. this nation owes your whole family and all the families a debt of gratitude. this is but a small gesture, but we are honored that you're here with us today. >> ladies, we owe you a debt of gratitude. thank you for making time for me this morning. i appreciate it. >>> that's going to wrap things up for me. >>> a quick reminder, chris matthews will anchor or special coverage of the george w. bush presidential library. don't go anywhere. "now" comes up next. >>> the boston bombers, and a web of conspiracy theories. did the controversial american talk show host play a role in their radicalization? we'll discuss. with amon mo ha dean, and howard wolfson. >>> also senator rand paul thinks drones can kill some americans, just maybe not others. we'll get the latest on the senate's attempt to shed light on america's shadow war. >>> plus digital office rachel howlett, and jarrell cohen join me to discussing the american innovation revolution, all of that next on "now." humans. even
the fact that their loss of life really led to the civil rights movement and the passage of the civil rights act. this nation owes your whole family and all the families a debt of gratitude. this is but a small gesture, but we are honored that you're here with us today. >> ladies, we owe you a debt of gratitude. thank you for making time for me this morning. i appreciate it. >>> that's going to wrap things up for me. >>> a quick reminder, chris matthews will anchor or...
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rights to an opposition which is clearly looking for a violent provocation to generate and contributes. and thing which is going on for for thirteen years but yes you are i didn't drops of a ship that venezuela is in for a tough time and it's very difficult now to put to predict the future dr william robinson professor of sociology at the university of california thank you very much indeed for joining us live and showing us your thoughts here not a thank you my pleasure thank you well still to come this hour here on our t.v. a divisive figure. but to celebrate for his examine the controversial legacy of former prime minister margaret thatcher after a funeral in london. also still to come this hour the u.s. military admits two detainees on hunger strike at one time or attempted suicide this is former senior politicians accuse american officials of spreading torture in the facility for little or no return the details after this break stay with the. world. science technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. about international and world
rights to an opposition which is clearly looking for a violent provocation to generate and contributes. and thing which is going on for for thirteen years but yes you are i didn't drops of a ship that venezuela is in for a tough time and it's very difficult now to put to predict the future dr william robinson professor of sociology at the university of california thank you very much indeed for joining us live and showing us your thoughts here not a thank you my pleasure thank you well still to...
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ok, let's go to the mattresses. 60 days, 60 nights like we did on civil rights and make them stand up and defend that position. instead of allowing it to .ecome a pressure thing the sponsors said if the nra had not scored this and said this is what they're going to make their graydon, 15 senators would have voted differently. i do not know if he is right. . i think that tells you something. he said iforning this vote had taken place in january instead of april, it would have been a different story. because it dragged out it became the bloomberg-obama background check. when that happened, it never had a chance. >> timing means a lot. i am not sure whether republicans, any republicans will pay a price for this, or any democrats. i think charles had it right. it is a one issue vote for people who view their gun rights is threatened. if it is part of a larger picture of republicans as s, if there ist not an immigration bill, democrats will be able to profit from it. >> does the president take responsibility for this? >> he lost. whether you win or lose matters a lot, especially in the sec
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>> basically, the democrats hail him as a civil rights hero saying he's good he denied the supreme court prief lemings, and republicans who want now to court the minority vote are averting eyes. >> why? why is this happening? >> the senate is to give advice and con -- consent. we believe he should get the nominees asked for for the cabinet, but what mr. perez has done is willfully misled house investigators, did a quid pro quo that's shady, has a record of unequal enforcement of the law. this man should -- >> bottom line, he gets through? >> a good chance. >> after all that? >> we'll see what happens in the hearing tomorrow. the house oversight investigation monday was so comprehensive, 270 pages unvailing this scandal so that i think some ?artses are going to give -- senators are going to -- >> there's hope here? >> always hold on. >> me too. mary, you're great, you'll keep following it, "wall street journal" editorial board, a crazy story, but common place. >> what was the name from jersey? >> dirt bags? >> a lot of social resources, but are investments paying more? >> as we do every t
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the church was a known sanctuary for civil rights leaders, including dr. martin luther king, the southern christian leadership conference and the congress on racial equality which had become involved in a campaign to register african-americans to vote in alabama. on that fateful morning of september 13, 1963, luffly one month after the march on washington, the girls went to sunday school to hear a sermon entitled "the love that that forgives" when the bomb exploded, killing them and injuring many others. the bombers had hidden under a set of cinder block steps on the side of the church, tunneled under the basement and placed a bundle of dynamite under that which turned out to be the girls' rest room. the cruelty and violence of this act shocked the nation and drew international attention to the violence -- violent struggle for civil rights. inspiring a wave of legislative action in congress. by 1964 congress had passed the civil rights act, a landmark achievement in the fight to outlaw discrimination. by 1965, congress had passed the voting rights act whic
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the gop needs to turn to its roots and its roots are pro women rights and pro civil rights for african-americans and pro privacy, pro small government when it comes to personal matters. i think eventually this will happen but don't hold your breath. kind of also looking ahead, now we have had two significant wins for the democrats but i'm thinking about how do we advance, not just react? and despite women winning the election for the democrats in the senate and for obama, we haven't really delivered all that much to women. so, as we see with some of the state legislation and as i talk about in my book there is a small but powerful minority that simply does not support full gender equality for women or full civil rights for all americans regardless of their sexuality and their sexual orientation and sexual identity. for some reason democrats have not been democrats through this and we can put these culture wars behind us. yes, it has a lot to do with their institutions and polarization but i'm wondering if it could be that it's just not a high enough priority for the good old boys club that still
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liberties and rights from americans. i'm like why are you letting them get their objective. that is the worst possible thing they can do. they've got to be laughing in their caves we did one spectacular events and we changed america. >> exactly. we took away your civil liberties, whether you realize it or not. cenk: we can't feed into that either way here. jami. >> in the end what's terrifying about terrific, it's the way of americans being shoved into the rest of the world. the amount of americans that died in 9/11 contrasted to how many iraqi's have been killed in contrast is not close. anybody you asked who is fanatical about the operations don't care about the number of deaths and toll. that exclusivity that americans are some sort of special breed needs to stop. it's sort of us versus them and muslims and christians and this whole act of polar opposites doesn't get to the real rule of why these attacks happen, which is our foreign policy in our countries, which a lot of americans are very ignorant about. cenk: i saw
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rights act through the legislature. so you do. that the question with president obama, in my mind is not whether he could have gotten the four plus one republican, maybe that wasn't possible. even with 90%. the question i think this is where you and i in our conversations over many months have been frustrated, why 60? in other words did the president fail or perhaps -- did he do of his own agenda by acquiescing to senator reid, majority leader's reid failure and refusal to push filibuster reform so that 50 was enough to pass an agenda. that's where i feel the absence. >> john: that's the big question here. harry reid deserves a lot of the credit for this thing never getting to have the up-or-down vote the president so eloquently called for in his state of the union address. harry reid promised us filibuster reform. >> i'm with you. there is a lot of chatter and grievant among the punditry class. i say with some admiration, some scorn that this is where it has to be addressed. if we're going to get anything done. then wh
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human rights and civil liberties activists continue to organize and mobilize for more rallies just like this one in an effort to turn the tide on the use of attack drones by putting pressure on lawmakers and the administration to put an end to this program that has already cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians abroad. below through art see the white house. sort of talk more about this month long nationwide anti drone protests i'm joined now by breaking the sense man well as ago and we were both there for this rally and march this weekend i mean that is anywhere from about three hundred to five hundred people at the peak of the march and rally it still didn't seem like enough people were really out there many busy weekend you were near was covering money out of politics rally we were out for the white house you know you could make the argument that three to five hundred people is not that much but the fact of the matter is this is a nationwide rally i mean these were people that were coming in from all over the east coast these are rallies that are organized and mobilized lik
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liberties and protections for our civil liberties and civil rights are set up so that we can use them or may not be able to use them. >> that, of course, is always a balance. what is the time frame you are looking at now? >> 50 forensics is under way. the search for seized -- the forensics is under way. the search for cc tv is under way. it could take a long, long time, especially if someone has made it out of the country or has been very careful in how they have done this. it is very open-ended and very difficult to predict. >> and no one has claimed responsibility. i'm afraid i will have to leave it there. thank you for coming in. there will be more than 30 marathons around the world next weekend, and the events in boston have implications globally. insiston, organizers that the marathon will go ahead, but with a massive 36,000 runners and half a million spectators, as we were just hearing, they are taking every precaution. june kelly reports. >> the london marathon is always a day of blisters, sweat and humor. that looks incredibly heavy. >> as big as a bag of cement, but hey, we a
liberties and protections for our civil liberties and civil rights are set up so that we can use them or may not be able to use them. >> that, of course, is always a balance. what is the time frame you are looking at now? >> 50 forensics is under way. the search for seized -- the forensics is under way. the search for cc tv is under way. it could take a long, long time, especially if someone has made it out of the country or has been very careful in how they have done this. it is...
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rights law that anyone thought was possible. and i think no one would have thought it was even possible to discuss gun control legislation and immigration at the same time at the beginning of barack obama's first term. and yet circumstances changed. in the immigration law, what is driving all this is clearly the poll numbers. that's all that is behind this whole gang of 8 legislative effort. so i think a new sort of deal of the cards, if you will. a new seventh circumstances dramatically can change the calculus in these issues. gun control, many people thought that would be possible but the nra came roaring back and held up all of these amendments last week. so it is a difficult thing to read. i think what presidents and congresses have to learn, you can't count anything out entirely. a completely new circumstance like the boston marathon bombing can crop up and suddenly put a brand new issue on the agenda in a way that no one could have imagined 24 hours before. >> all the more reason to wait until cooler heads can prevail. tha
rights law that anyone thought was possible. and i think no one would have thought it was even possible to discuss gun control legislation and immigration at the same time at the beginning of barack obama's first term. and yet circumstances changed. in the immigration law, what is driving all this is clearly the poll numbers. that's all that is behind this whole gang of 8 legislative effort. so i think a new sort of deal of the cards, if you will. a new seventh circumstances dramatically can...
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. >> saratoga wouldn't let me go two years ago even though there was parents' requests and civil rights people wanting to come free of charge. they are's just burying their head in the sand saying we don't have an issue, we don't have a problem. >> reporter: kiet do, kpix 5. >> the pott family has laid the legal groundwork to sue the district but they haven't yet officially filed a civil suit. as for the accused boys, they are not allowed on campus while they fight those sexual assault charges. >>> some other headlines around the bay area on this thursday. school officials say a female student will face disciplinary action for using a stun gun on a fellow classmate. it happened yesterday at the international studies academy here in san francisco. police say a 14-year-old boy and the girl who reportedly brought the stun gun got into a fight over the device and that's when the boy said he was zapped. >>> concord police are investigating a smash-and-grab robbery at the macy's store at sun valley mall 9:00 last night. police say three suspects used a hammer to smash jewelry cases. investiga
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we got the civil rights votes passed in the 60s because lyndon johnson did that. barack obama is more, let's wait and then we'll jump in. i respect him greatly. i voted for him and i respect him on almost every issue. but i would like to see him engaged on the right to vote up or down, which means that the democrats have to be consistent when it's a republican president who they're trying to thwart. it's interesting that the group that came together to form those filibuster rules were not by democrats who said wait a minute, when we're in the minority, we may want to filibuster. they are inconsistent and lacks credibility when we protest. let's have a right to up and down wrote vote when it's our. >> michael: the book is called " "crisis tales" by lanny davis. thank you for being in the war room today. >> michael: immigration reform cannot go up in flames the way gun reform did. or can it? we'll tell where you things stand right after this. current tv is the place for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping
we got the civil rights votes passed in the 60s because lyndon johnson did that. barack obama is more, let's wait and then we'll jump in. i respect him greatly. i voted for him and i respect him on almost every issue. but i would like to see him engaged on the right to vote up or down, which means that the democrats have to be consistent when it's a republican president who they're trying to thwart. it's interesting that the group that came together to form those filibuster rules were not by...
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towards security towards militarization towards the abrogation of civil rights and civil liberties which i think ultimately don't defend protect and make people more secure. the trial of russia's top opposition activist and his calls demonstrates is to take to the streets as many as fifteen hundred people run it in support of the anti corruption blogger of all these trial was adjourned for a week. he's accused of taking half a million dollars from a state timber company had nearly four years ago anticorruption blogger insists however that the case against him is politically motivated but as you watch the court proceedings unfold in central russia. beat court hearing ended just around one hour after starting defense appealed to the judge to reschedule saying they didn't have enough time to properly get ready and the judge agreed to reschedule for next week so i. exited the courthouse behind me surrounded by a crowd of journalists and supporters in fact we were told that some people had to camp out here throughout the night in front of the courthouse to get in since the room inside fits on
towards security towards militarization towards the abrogation of civil rights and civil liberties which i think ultimately don't defend protect and make people more secure. the trial of russia's top opposition activist and his calls demonstrates is to take to the streets as many as fifteen hundred people run it in support of the anti corruption blogger of all these trial was adjourned for a week. he's accused of taking half a million dollars from a state timber company had nearly four years...
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towards security towards militarization towards the abrogation of civil rights and civil liberties which i think ultimately don't defend protect and make people more secure. one of the less you will take a look at some u.s. state department officials being put on the pressure despite that pledges to shut guantanamo bay prison store and all this after the break. wealthy british style. is not on the. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mikes concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. remark about international and world in the very heart of moscow. news continues here in l a t the us military has confirmed more detainees at guantanamo bay prison have joined a hunger strike officially the number now stands at forty five but lawyers claim the figure is much higher thirteen of the captives are reportedly being force fed to prevent them from starving security guards fod non-lethal wilde's of detainees over the weekend when several resisted being put into single cells on monday a federal
towards security towards militarization towards the abrogation of civil rights and civil liberties which i think ultimately don't defend protect and make people more secure. one of the less you will take a look at some u.s. state department officials being put on the pressure despite that pledges to shut guantanamo bay prison store and all this after the break. wealthy british style. is not on the. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mikes...
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he has a reputation as aggressive defender of civil rights. some republicans worry at the labor department he will push new regulations that could hurt the economy and job creation. >> can we expect a more open, a more fair, and a more balanced approach from you as the head of the department of labor? >> sir, i believe i have been always open and fair and i will continue to do. >> we would of course disagree. so we can or can not expect a more, open, fair and balanced approach? >> you will always have a person who has an open and balanced approach and i will continue to apply the facts to the law. >> some republicans also accuse him of improperly influencing a controversial housing discrimination case that was headed to supreme court but wu drawn. perez denies this and says the case was handled properly and professionally. lori, back to you. lori: peter thanks. controversy of the good friday morning arrest of sac capital person. charlie gasparino has the story. melissa: we see stocks down about 50 points. the treasury market flat. we'll be rig
he has a reputation as aggressive defender of civil rights. some republicans worry at the labor department he will push new regulations that could hurt the economy and job creation. >> can we expect a more open, a more fair, and a more balanced approach from you as the head of the department of labor? >> sir, i believe i have been always open and fair and i will continue to do. >> we would of course disagree. so we can or can not expect a more, open, fair and balanced...
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you would not have had it and not a series of civil rights pieces of sieve legislation pass given the way this senate operates. >> it's about leadership. david? >> i agree. >> on both sides of pennsylvania avenue -- >> we have had arguments on this show before about barack obama. i'm disappointed in him. i think he wasn't strong enough. i agree with, sadly, with maureen's column. >> i go back to what an ambassador from the middle east told me in year one about president obama. i thought he was extraordinarily moving at the state of the union. but said from the mistake they make, richard, i'm sure you heard this a lot. mistake they make at the white house in twine they blebelieve speech is the end instead of the speech the mean to get to the end. you start there. but you have to do the lyndon johnson, the george w. bush which is -- >> you think they are. the most salient fact in maureen's column is the person they are sending up to the hill is practically invisible. they think they are bending ears and doing politics but it's so ineffectual the result is what the result was. >> i've al
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civil libertarians. did i hear him right? >> basically, you know -- basically, tom, the question was, where is the line? where are americans now with being -- giving up freedoms in order to have more security? and his point was that americans are ready to move that line yet again after boston. and he said technology was the key. and he's on the homeland security committee, mike rogers from alabama. i asked h saying that many civil libertarians have some problems with some of the things that are proposed and they want to do. put more cameras ever-place. some of the other security measures. and he said, and i'm paraphrasing here, well, civil libertarians have a problem with pretty much everything. i think that he is -- i think he was kind of joking, but not really. he came back to it and said, you know, i think the naysayers and civil libertarians are in the minority and mosamericans believe that they -- that we have to do more in the security realm. you know, there are others like senator rand paul and an
civil libertarians. did i hear him right? >> basically, you know -- basically, tom, the question was, where is the line? where are americans now with being -- giving up freedoms in order to have more security? and his point was that americans are ready to move that line yet again after boston. and he said technology was the key. and he's on the homeland security committee, mike rogers from alabama. i asked h saying that many civil libertarians have some problems with some of the things...
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it's the abridgment of more civil rights which we've seen in this country on the war on terror now with a grandness that you can't contain. you can't roll this stuff back. i think it's really of great great concern here. cenk: i totally agree with you. leslie, let me go to you on that. it almost seems rand paul is saying oh, no, i meant don't use drones on me, but if a kid that's walking out of a liquor store and robbed it, let's just kill him drop a drone on him? isn't that crazy and doesn't that basically ruin his earlier point on the filibuster? >> it is crazy. i mean, it's just shoot first drone first and ask questions later. it's yes it does seem to hurt his point during his filibuster, which, when you narrow it down, it sounds like he really was saying don't drone us, don't drone me doing my private thing because i'm, you know, vaguely libertarian and have my right to do what i want whenever i want, but do it for the guys that you already prejudge as guilty. that, of course, includes the people in, innocent people in pakistan and afghanistan who are being killed and live in terror
it's the abridgment of more civil rights which we've seen in this country on the war on terror now with a grandness that you can't contain. you can't roll this stuff back. i think it's really of great great concern here. cenk: i totally agree with you. leslie, let me go to you on that. it almost seems rand paul is saying oh, no, i meant don't use drones on me, but if a kid that's walking out of a liquor store and robbed it, let's just kill him drop a drone on him? isn't that crazy and doesn't...
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civil libertarians. did i hear him right? >> basically, you know -- basically, tom, the question was, where is the line where are americans now with being -- giving up freedoms in order to have more security? and his point was that americans are ready to move that line yet again after boston. and he said technology was the key. and he's on the homeland security committee, mike rogers from alabama. i asked him saying that many civil libertarians have some problems with some of the things that are proposed and they want to do. put more cameras ever-place. some of the other security measures. and he said, and i'm paraphrasing here, well, civil libertarians have a problem with pretty much everything. i think that he is -- i think he was kind of joking, but not really. he came back to it and said, you know, i think the naysayers and civil libertarians are in the minority and most americans believe that they -- that we have to do more in the security realm. you know, there are others like senator rand paul and
civil libertarians. did i hear him right? >> basically, you know -- basically, tom, the question was, where is the line where are americans now with being -- giving up freedoms in order to have more security? and his point was that americans are ready to move that line yet again after boston. and he said technology was the key. and he's on the homeland security committee, mike rogers from alabama. i asked him saying that many civil libertarians have some problems with some of the things...